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Full Video — September 17, 2025: A tense congressional hearing erupted into a heated confrontation as FBI official Kash Patel and Rep. Pramila Jayapal clashed over the Epstein scandal, victim treatment, and long-standing questions about accountability. The exchange quickly escalated, with both figures trading sharp remarks and interruptions, leaving the room in visible turmoil. The video has gone viral just as the U.S. House prepares to vote on releasing the Epstein files, following leaked emails that allegedly reference photos of Trump with “bikini girls,” intensifying public pressure and political scrutiny.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Patel, before you joined the FBI, you had very strong opinions
00:05about what the FBI was hiding regarding Jeffrey Epstein. In a September 2023 interview with
00:10Glenn Beck, you said the Black Book is under the, quote, direct control of the director of the FBI.
00:16In December 2023, you said, let us know who the pedophiles are. Even for a short time after
00:22becoming FBI director, in February of 2025, you tweeted, quote, there will be no cover-ups,
00:28no missing documents, no stone left unturned. In June, you told Joe Rogan, quote, we've reviewed
00:35all the information. We're going to give you every single thing we have and can. But then suddenly
00:39in July, everything changed. You and Attorney General Pam Bondi released one video and said
00:47that there was nothing more to see. Your July memo says you uncovered more than 300 gigabytes of data
00:55and physical evidence, but that you had decided no further disclosure would be appropriate or
01:02warranted. That is a quote. I think what happened, Mr. Patel, is that suddenly you discovered that
01:08Donald Trump's name was all over these files and you started a giant cover-up. So you are under oath,
01:16Mr. Patel. You just testified to Mr. Swalwell that you did not speak to the president about the Epstein
01:24files. To your knowledge, did Attorney General Pam Bondi speak to the president about what was in the
01:31Epstein files? I can't speak for Attorney General Pam Bondi. So to your knowledge, you don't have any
01:37information. The question was, do you have any knowledge? Do you have any knowledge? I can't speak.
01:42You are refusing to answer the question. So let me tell you that the Wall Street Journal reported
01:47that in May, Bondi told Trump that he was in the Epstein files and at the same meeting said that
01:54the DOJ did not plan to release the files. Yesterday, you testified to Senator Kennedy that there was
02:01quote, no credible information that Epstein trafficked girls to anyone else and that you have quote,
02:07continuously and publicly asked the public to come forward with more information and we'll look into
02:13it. Today, in response to Mr. Massey's question, you appear to say that the survivors were not
02:22credible. These are survivors. That's not at all what I said. Okay, great. I'm going to ask you this
02:28in a second, but let me tell you about the survivors and let's bring them up here into the room. These are
02:34women who came to the Hill and testified that they were groomed and raped at the age of 14 and 16 years old
02:42and they called to meet with the president and to meet with the FBI and to have people investigate
02:49their claims. Some of them have never testified before. If you are so interested in getting the
02:54public to submit any information, why have you not met with them? You said you haven't met with them.
02:59Have you met with them? I'll give you one more chance.
03:02My job as the FBI director is to invite all investigative leads.
03:05Is the answer yes or no to whether or not you met with these women who were sexually abused
03:11and raped? Any insinuation by you or any people on your side that I am not manhunting child predators
03:19and sex traffickers, just look at the stats. And you talk about cover-ups, man. You talk about
03:25cover-ups. Where were you during the Obama and Biden administrations when these so-called cover-ups
03:32were going on? Why did anyone in those administrations talk to any of these purported witnesses?
03:37Let's get some regular order, Mr. Chairman. I had to welcome every single person to provide
03:40credible information. Time belongs to the gentlelady from Washington. And I'm going to take another
03:44couple of minutes. When you accuse the witness of something, he's allowed to respond. That's how
03:47it works. Listen, he didn't even- Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. You have always been fair,
03:52but this is not fair. No, this is my time. And he said that the witnesses were not credible.
04:00seconds of time. I'm going to get an additional minute of time because that's how much time he
04:04took. You won't get a minute. You'll get some seconds. What we think is under five minutes. You
04:08don't get to demand how much time you get. That's not how it works. Mr. Patel, are the victims
04:14of the Jeffrey Epstein horrific trafficking ring, are they credible? Any person with information about
04:24ongoing sexual trafficking? I'm asking you if they're credible. Ma'am, I'm commenting on the
04:29evidence we have. We have routinely asked for people to come forward with more evidence and we
04:34will look at it. And the evidence that we have was the same evidence that the Biden and Obama
04:39Justice Departments had. And they determined, not me, they determined that that information was not
04:44credible. Mr. Chairman, he's not letting me even ask my questions. You ask the questions, he gives an
04:48answer. You may not like what he says, but that doesn't mean you get to interrupt him. Mr. Chairman,
04:53could we restore the gentlelady 45 seconds so she can complete her question? We will give her
04:56additional 30 seconds, which is what I said earlier. I'm going to keep taking my time.
05:00No, you'll take the time that you get. You get 30 seconds. You are not answering the question.
05:04The question is, is these women, are these women credible? It's a yes or no answer. I have
05:11answered the question. Well, what is the answer? I keep telling you, I'm the only FBI director that has
05:15welcomed new information in this case. This administration is the only one that has welcomed any new
05:20information in this case. Is there a yes or no to whether the victims are credible? Present new
05:27information. Are the victims credible or not? I'll tell you what happened in the last Trump
05:32administration. Are they credible or not? You can't even say. Victims credibly came forward. And you know
05:36what happened? President Trump authorized the indictments of Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump called
05:40them a hoax. Not Biden, not Obama. President Trump called the entire thing a democratic hoax. So I would like to
05:49ask you if you will meet. The gentlelady's time has expired. I gave her the additional 45 seconds
05:52she requested. The gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for
05:57his five minutes. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask if you would meet with the women who were sexually
06:00abused and raped and groomed at the ages of 14 and 16 years old. Are you going to cover up? Are you going to
06:10continue to cover up for the rich and powerful men, including those that might be on this committee?
06:17I can yell too, Mr. Chairman, but I don't want to yell about this. The time belongs to the gentleman
06:22from New Jersey. I appreciate the gentlelady yielding back. Are you going to allow them to testify,
06:25Mr. Patel? Will you allow them to testify to you, Mr. Patel? Mr. Patel.
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